Best mom in HISTORY!

How did I get that title?? Well, on the list was letting them eat Cheetos as part of their dinner (Brian was gone, what the heck!!)
Every year the local radio station has a St. Jude fundraiser for three days. You just call and donate $20 a month for the next year. They also offer incentives to get people to join. Well, this year when I renewed they were giving away 2 Nascar tickets for Saturdays race. Brian and Dave are helping their parents move so they were going to be down there anyway..Need I remind you how big a fan Brian is?? If you go back and look at all his pictures, I'm pretty sure most of them he's in his Kurt Busch shirt!! Anyway, I figured he and Dave could go. When I went to pick them up they had a HUGE stack and I asked if I could have one more figuring Brian could take Jacob and Joey since Dave's not That big of a fan and the gal said "Of Course!!" and gave me three!! I did feel guilty about not getting one for Dave, but I felt dumb asking for 1!
I called Brian and he was sooo excited! Well, about two hours later Brian called and said Dave really wants to go so if I could just go back and ask for another one that would be great.
HUH??? I was already embarrassed to ask for the third because, it's for St. Jude not tickets right!?!?!? Well, being the wonderful wife that I am, loaded the kids in the car and drove down to the radio station. Hoping the whole way that the volunteers were on lunch or something so I wouldn't feel like a mooch!
I walked in and of course it was all the same people and no phones were ringing so they all heard me ask for another ticket. I offered to make another 1 time donation to make up for it. The one guy among all the ladies said " What do you think this is, Burger King? Just have it your way?" Then proceeded to laugh!!! LOL!! That made me feel better and the gal with the tickets was so nice and gave me another one... does that make me the best sis-in-law in history also??

Funny for your Friday

A husband and wife came for counseling after 20 years of marriage. When asked what the problem was, the wife went into a passionate, painful tirade listing every problem they had ever had in the 20 years they had been married. She went on and on and on: neglect, lack of intimacy, emptiness, loneliness, feeling unloved and unlovable, an entire laundry list of unmet needs she had endured over the course of their marriage. Finally, after allowing this to go on for a sufficient length of time, the therapist got up, walked around the desk and, after asking the wife to stand, embraced and kissed her passionately as her husband watched with a raised eyebrow. The woman shut up and quietly sat down as though in a daze. The therapist turned to the husband and said, "This is what your wife needs at least three times a week. Can you do this?" The husband thought for a Moment and replied, "Well, I can drop her off here on Mondays and Wednesdays, but on Fridays, I fish."
LOL!! Have a great weekend!!

Jo Jo

Joey came home today with a ton of yellow papers. He brings them home once in awhile and it's a cute note from someone in his class on why they appreciate that person.
Joey came home with 14!!! I appreciate Joey because he is quiet, he is nice, he helps me spell, etc....
Brian went to SEP's yesterday and Joey's teacher LOVES him! One of her favorite qualities? When they are doing work and someone doesn't understand, Joey goes and explains it to them without being asked! "It's rare that not only does he understand the concept, but he's able to teach it to someone else."
If she only new how he was out of school, LOL!! That boy is crazy. I have pictures of him hanging out of the car window yelling "Whew! This is fantastic!" at the top of his lungs.. anyone see Bolt?
I sure appreciate Joey, and love him a ton!!

Pine Wood Derby

We had our annual Pine Wood Derby tonight and it was AWESOME!! Last year with Brian working in Idaho he had no time to work on a car so poor Jacob did not do well at all. It was heartbreaking!
This time, Brian made it a priority and Jacob not only broke the track record but he gets to race in "The Dixie 500" on a regional level!!!
Dave and Brian swear Hayden's dad, who has been the champ every year, cried. It was a fun night for all and Joey can't wait to race next year!!

Thanks Kristi and Dave for coming!!!

Grown Men Don't Cry

Have you ever heard that song by Tim McGraw?? I'm a huge fan.
When we were leaving the hotel Monday morning, we saw two men who were in the Military. My boys think they (the military in general) are the coolest people on earth! The idolize uncle Mel because he drove a tank. Anyway, my boys were begging to say hi. Brian took them to the front desk so they could and when they got up to them they both said "Thanks for being great Americans!" The men were shocked and got teary!! It was an amazing moment. The two men shook the boys hands and said "Thank you so much, it means a lot to us to have your support" There were tears in numerous eyes at that moment, truly awesome.

Happy Days

Jack got his cast off!! Wa-hoo!!! He still favors his leg but he's running like there's no tomorrow... I'm a happy girl!!

Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday Hunny Bunny!! We had a crazy week followed up by an even crazier weekend but we FINALLY officially celebrated Brian's bday!!
His birthday was Friday and we ended up going to Salt Lake for a night, coming home only to get back in the car to have dinner in Vegas...Macayo's is a tradition for birthday's in the Stratton family ;) getting home at 1am and leaving back to Salt Lake on Sunday and getting home last night about 7pm...whew!!!
I'm so glad to be home. We could have been in Ft. Collins or half way to Tennessee by now!!!
We've had fun these last few days being able to see our super good friends Auntie Carri and Uncle Brian in Santaquin..Thanks for letting us stay at your house, making us dinner and breakfast AND watching the kids for us for 5 hours!! You guys are the BEST!!